A Minnesota judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the NFL's suspension of Vikings stars Kevin and Pat Williams for violating the league's anti-doping policy, but the players' status for Sunday's game at Detroit remained uncertain. ...more

December 4, 2008

Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress is done for the year. The New York Giants fined and suspended Burress on Tuesday for four games - the rest of the regular season - after he accidentally shot himself in the right thigh over the weekend at a Manhattan nightclub. The team also placed him on the reserve non-football injury list, which means the wide receiver can't come back for playoffs, either. ...more

December 3, 2008

Drew Brees threw for four scores, Deuce McAllister set a Saints record with his 54th career touchdown and New Orleans rolled to a 51-29 victory against the Green Bay Packers on Monday night. ...more

November 25, 2008

The man with the biggest impact on the New Orleans defense doesn't play defense. ...more

September 7, 2008

They can harass QB Drew Brees into making mistakes. Brees will pick the Bucs apart if he's allowed to, so the Bucs have to get to him and make him hurry his throws. Brees is 5-12 the past three years when teams sack him two or more times a game, including 0-2 in such games against the Bucs last year. Get to Brees and the Bucs will get the victory. ...more

September 7, 2008

We're talking offense here. That game last week against Washington would have been over in the first quarter had the Bucs finished their scoring drives properly. Instead, the Skins were allowed to hang around, and the Bucs had to rely on their defense to save the day - again. Yes, this has been a problem all season for the Bucs. They come into this game ranked 24th in the league in red-zone offense, having scored 13 touchdowns in 29 red-zone opportunities, so finishing drives with field goals instead of touchdowns is not a new problem. The Bucs won't keep winning if this trend continues, so the offense has to do a better job of maximizing its scoring chances no matter how they're created. The defense will greatly appreciate it. ...more

December 1, 2007

NEW ORLEANS While earning NFL Coach of the Year honors in 2006, Sean Payton proved he could transform a losing culture and turn around the dysfunctional Saints. ...more

December 1, 2007

Their once devastating one-two punch is gone. It disappeared when RB Deuce McAllister left the lineup for good after suffering a knee injury, and it has left the Saints a mostly one-dimensional team. ...more

December 1, 2007

Quotes from Coach Jon Gruden ...more

November 30, 2007

The Nebraska job remained open Wednesday and Monte Kiffin remained coy. ...more

November 29, 2007